Daily Current Affairs Quiz: February 01 2023

ANSWER: B

ANSWER: D

ANSWER: A

ANSWER: C

• iCET stands for Initiative On Critical And Emerging Technologies
• iCET is a unique initiative led by the Indian National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and the U.S. National Security Council (NSC).
• It aims to expand partnership in critical and emerging technologies.
• Six areas of cooperation
  • Scientific research and development
  • Quantum and artificial intelligence
  • Defense innovation
  • Space
  • Advanced telecom include things like 6G
  • Semiconductors

Significance of iCET

• Vital for India’s growing role as a trusted supply chain partner and contributor in the global technology value chain.
• Deals directly with disruptive domains which are central to the next Industrial Revolution and future warfare.
• Open new markets for India’s deep technology players. Since most critical and emerging technologies today are dual-use, it can give a fillip to the two countries’ innovation ecosystem.
• Potentially opens the door for the US to lift existing export control restrictions.

Measures to strengthen iCET

• Introduce an advisory council/steering committee by including industry representatives, technologists, philanthropists, academics etc.
• Regular high-level meetings.
• Monitoring mechanism to ensure that impact is being recorded at every level.
• ICET fellowship and connector fund created.

ANSWER: B

• The guidelines were stipulated in the new uplinking-downlinking rules prescribed by the ministry on November 9 last year.
• The fresh advisory was issued after consultations with private satellite television channels and their associations.

Key features

Content

• Channel will undertake public service broadcasting for a minimum period of 30 minutes in a day on themes of national importance and of social relevance like education, welfare of women, protection of environment and of cultural heritage etc.
• Broadcasters have the liberty to modulate their content.
• Content can be shared between the Broadcasters.

Accounting of Timing

• Channels will be required to air national interest content for 15 hours every month.
• Content need not be of 30 minutes at a stretch it can be split over smaller time slots, but can’t be done from midnight to 6 am.

Reporting

• Voluntary compliance and self-certification would be the guiding principles.
• Broadcasters shall submit a monthly report on the Broadcast Seva Portal by the 7th of the following month.
• Exemptions
  • Foreign channels, downhinking in India (in languages other than those specified in the Eighth schedule of Constitution).
  • Channels broadcasting predominantly (more than 12 hours) sports and devotional, spiritual, yoga content will be exempt from furnishing the monthly reports.

Identification

• Electronic Media Monitoring Centre under Ministry shall keep the record of the content telecast for a period of 90 days.

ANSWER: C

• India’s G-20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant inaugurated India’s first Model G-20 Summit organized by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini’s Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership.
• The two-day Model G-20 Summit has been organized at the Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini’s Uttan campus in Mumbai to celebrate India’s presidency and take the idea of G-20 to the youth.
• Addressing the summit Mr. Kant informed that G-20 is an important forum because it accounts for 85 percent of the global GDP. G20 countries comprise developed and developing countries that have provided solutions to various global issues.
  • India has taken the G-20 presidency amidst global turmoil like Post COVID challenges, geopolitical crisis, debt crisis, climate crisis, and food and energy crisis.
• He added that India believes that every challenge brings an opportunity. Kant further reiterated India’s G-20 presidency seeks to advocate the oneness of all.
• A total of 150 youngsters from across the country will participate in this two-day program and get into the roles of delegates representing the G-20 countries.
• The students will get into the roles of G-20 member countries and discuss various political and social issues across the four committees or tracks, namely Leader track, Sherpa track, Civil-20, and Business-20.
• Discussions ranging from global peace to democratizing the world economic order will be on the agenda.

 ANSWER: A

• The wildlife and religious theme tableau of Uttarakhand has been awarded the top prize at this year’s Republic Day parade on Kartavya Path.
• The Uttarakhand tableau showcased the state’s wildlife and religious sites during the ceremonial parade on January 26.
  • In the foreground of the tableau, reindeer, deer and various birds were shown roaming in the world-famous Corbett National Park. The central part of the tableau depicted the state animal of Uttarakhand, musk deer, national bird peacock and ghoral.
  • Jageshwar Dham, a group of ancient 125 small and big temples in Manaskhand’s Almora district, and popular deodar trees were shown in rear part of the tableau.
• Meanwhile, the Indian Army’s Punjab Regiment has been adjudged the best marching contingent among the three services.
  • A total of six contingents of the Army including the Mechanized Infantry Regiment, Punjab Regiment, Maratha Light Infantry Regiment, Dogra Regiment, Bihar Regiment and Gurkha Brigade marched during the parade.
• Gujarat’s tableau emerged as the numero uno in the popular choice segment.

ANSWER: D

• The Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs inaugurated the 5^thedition of Khelo India Youth Games in Madhya Pradesh at the Tatya Tope Nagar Stadium (Bhopal).
• Around 6000 players from across the countrywill try their sports skills for more than 900 medals in 27 sports events of these games. For the first time sports like kayaking, canoeing, canoe slalom and fencing will be part of the Khelo India Youth Games.
• The themefor this edition is – ‘Hindustan Ka Dil Dhadka Do’.
• The Khelo India Youth Games wasstarted in 2018 under the name Khelo India School Games. The aim of these games is to find and groom sports talents at the local level and train them for national and international sports events.

ANSWER: A

• The Hampta valley near here has been christened as the Igloo valley.
• The concept of igloo stay was introduced in 2017 to offer travellers with a chance to live like the Inuit living in the Arctic regions of Alaska and Newfoundland amid the Himalayas.
• Starting with six igloos, the valley, almost without tourist buzz, now has over 30 snow huts of different shapes and sizes for backpackers from January to February.
• Most of the igloos, owned by local youth, are in the vicinity of Sethan village, 12 km uphill from Manali, the area known for growing apples.

Conceptualised by 2 local youths

• Local entrepreneur Vikas Kumar & his friend Tashi Dorjee came up with the Eskimo village concept in the Hampta valley in 2017
• The stay inside an igloo offers an opportunity to the travellers to experience the life of Inuit people on the edge of wilderness.

ANSWER: B

• The concreting work of the dam for the under-construction 66-MW Dhaulasidh Hydro Electric Project started in Hamirpur district.
• SJVN chairman and MD said, “With the completion of excavation at the dam pit and both river banks, dam concreting work began today. Now, the project has entered an advanced stage of construction.”
• He inaugurated the non-family accommodation for the project employees at Salasi, Hamirpur. The bachelor accommodation has been built at an accelerated pace for the staff posted at the project site. This will enable faster project execution by facilitating 24×7 availability of the staff at the site.

 ANSWER: C

ANSWER: C

ANSWER: C